Episode 2026-06-22

You are listening to seven horns A I — your A I-powered market update. It is Monday, June twenty-second, twenty twenty-six, and we are just hours away from the opening bell on Wall Street. Let us start with the overnight action in Asia, which is providing a mixed setup for today's trade. Over in Tokyo, the Nikkei two twenty-five posted solid gains, closing up one point six percent and hitting a new all-time intraday high during Monday's session. This rally was fueled by ongoing optimism around artificial intelligence, mimicking Friday's strong tech run in the United States. In contrast, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index closed lower by one percent, continuing its recent slide and finishing below the twenty-four thousand level. Meanwhile, European markets are currently open, with London trading right now, adding to the day's global cross-currents. This international divergence sets a varied backdrop for the US session. S&P five hundred futures are the headline to watch, pointing to a little changed open as they sit down zero point two percent since Friday's cash close on renewed geopolitical headlines regarding Iran. Meanwhile, Dow futures are essentially flat, down just zero point zero seven percent, and Nasdaq one hundred futures are also little changed, easing zero point zero six percent. This suggests a relatively quiet open with no major directional follow-through from Friday's powerful tech rally. The biggest story heading into the open continues to be the semiconductor spa